Eby left Spanier the option to reinstate the case if he is successful in getting the child endangerment overturned. Sandusky, 75, was convicted of the sexual abuse of 10 different boys in June , and is currently serving a year minimum jail term in a state prison in Somerset County.
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They covered up their failure to tell police about a allegation that Sandusky was molesting a boy in a university locker room shower, even after they were aware that police investigated complaints about Sandusky showering with boys in , Beemer said. The key testimony centered on a series of emails among the three defendants that discussed the and cases and the testimony of Mike McQueary , a former team assistant and quarterback who said he had immediately told Schultz, Curley and the late longtime football coach Joe Paterno that he had seen Sandusky molesting a boy in the shower in Sandusky, a defensive coordinator under Paterno until his retirement in , was convicted last year of 45 counts of child sexual abuse.
The three were charged with perjury, obstruction, endangering the welfare of children, failure to properly report suspected abuse and conspiracy. Those charges include allegations of hiding evidence from investigators and lying to the grand jury.
Eddie Vanderdoes , the highly sought defensive lineman from Auburn Ca. Placer High was cleared to play for UCLA this season, according to a person familiar with the situation but not authorized to comment on it publicly.
It ends more than a month of uncertainty after he asked out of his letter of intent with Notre Dame. He will be eligible to play for the Bruins this season. Vanderdoes, who is 6 feet 3 and pounds, was ranked second nationally among high school defensive tackles by most recruiting sites last fall. The Detroit Pistons made another move in their busy off-season, acquiring Brandon Jennings as they try to end a four-year postseason drought. Sandusky, a former assistant football coach, was convicted of 45 counts of child sex abuse in June and sentenced earlier this month to 30 to 60 years in prison.
When former federal judge and FBI director Louis Freeh independently reviewed whether Penn State officials knew about the abuse claims, Freeh concluded a whole host of Penn State leaders, including Spanier, knew about the abuse but were more concerned with the school's legacy than protecting the victims. But Spanier, who resigned in the wake of the scandal, quickly fired back saying he "never, ever heard anything about child abuse or sexual abuse or my antennae raised up enough to even suspect that.
Kelly has long suspected Spanier and has said since the Sandusky trial began that the former president hasn't been cleared of any wrongdoing, York Daily Record reported. And the attorney general's office announced today the two are now facing additional charges, including t wo counts of endangering the welfare of children, two counts of criminal conspiracy, one count of obstructing the administration of law or other governmental function and one count of criminal conspiracy.
Check out the full Grand Jury presentment, which is full of some pretty damning accusations:. Matt DiSanto By day, Matt is a senior majoring in journalism. State College Links. Movies Local theaters and new movies. Apartments Search local apartments. Classifieds Buy and sell locally. Hotels In and around Penn State. Follow on Another Platform.
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